This boot incorporated lessons learned from the failures of previous models, and featured a triple thickness sole, triple stitching on the backstay, and a massive toe iron. It was obviously intended to enable a Doughboy to march all the way to Berlin without any shoe maintenance.

In 1916 the Army modified the olive drab wool shirt with the addition of pocket flaps. This is the shirt that served American soldiers through the Mexican campaign and WWI, and was not replaced until 1937.